July 22, 2006: Nationals 7 Cubs 6
Sunday, July 22, 2007




The Nationals win one in exciting fashion with a walk-off...sacrifice fly? Well, it's exciting any time you can rally to win in your last at bats.

The Nats led or were tied for most of this game, but the Cubs went ahead by a run in the top of the 7th. That score stood going into the bottom of the 9th, with the Nats up against the Cubs closer, Ryan Dempster. Dempster started the inning by issuing a walk to Daryle Ward. Alfonso Soriano was up next and singled, sending Ward to 2nd. Now Ward is a poor base runner and would be the tying run, so I pinch run with Melvin Dorta. It pays off, as Felipe Lopez singles and Dorta is able to score from 2nd. Lopez then steals 2nd with Soriano already on 3rd, his 3rd steal of the game. Ryan Zimmerman strikes out but pinch hitter Brian Schneider is then intentionally walked to load the bases. Austin Kearns comes up with the bases loaded, and he hits a fly ball to right field, deep enough to score Soriano for the Nats win!


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2006 Chicago (NL) Cubs At 2006 Washington Nationals       7/22/2006
 
  Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Pierre CF         5  1  2  1 .335     A.Soriano LF        4  2  1  0 .266  
  N.Perez 2B          4  0  1  2 .250     F.Lopez SS          4  3  3  2 .312  
  A.Ramirez 3B        3  1  0  0 .287     R.Zimmerman 3B      4  0  1  2 .258  
  J.Jones RF          3  0  0  0 .332     N.Johnson 1B        4  0  2  1 .318  
  J.Mabry 1B          3  1  2  0 .225     M.Bowie P           0  0  0  0 ----  
  P.Nevin LF          3  0  0  1 .165     J.Rauch P           0  0  0  0 .000  
C-A.Pagan LF          0  0  0  0 .438   E-B.Schneider PH      0  0  0  0 .223  
  R.Cedeno SS         4  1  1  0 .295     A.Kearns RF         4  0  0  1 .320  
  H.Blanco C          4  1  2  0 .247     L.Matos CF          4  1  1  0 .145  
  S.Marshall P        1  1  1  1 .222     M.Anderson 2B       3  0  1  1 .288  
A-D.Lee PH            1  0  0  0 .274     R.Fick C            4  0  1  0 .292  
  R.Novoa P           1  0  0  0 .000     L.Hernandez P       2  0  0  0 .229  
  S.Williamson P      0  0  0  0 .000     M.Stanton P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  R.Dempster P        1  0  0  0 .000   B-D.Ward PH,1B        0  0  0  0 .294  
                                        D-M.Dorta PR          0  1  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  6  9  5                 Totals      33  7 10  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Marshall In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Stanton In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Nevin In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Ward In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Rauch In 9th Inning
 
Cubs............ 1 0 1  0 1 2  1 0 0  -  6  9  0
Nationals....... 1 1 2  0 1 0  0 0 2  -  7 10  3
 
Cubs (38-58)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Marshall                4       5   4   4   1   1   1  69   6.19
R.Novoa                   2 2/3   2   1   1   3   1   0  50   8.12
S.Williamson HOLD(3rd)    1       1   0   0   0   2   0  15   6.38
R.Dempster L(2-6)B(10th)  1       2   2   2   2   1   0  31   8.10
Totals                    8 2/3  10   7   7   6   5   1
 
Nationals (44-54)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
L.Hernandez               6 2/3   7   6   2   2   6   1 115   5.73
M.Stanton                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.84
M.Bowie                   1 2/3   2   0   0   0   0   0  24   2.08
J.Rauch WIN(2-1)          0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.73
Totals                    9       9   6   2   2   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 42,021 DATE- Saturday, July 22nd 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Fieldin Culbreth, Marty Foster, Bill Welke, Tim McClelland
T- 3:33
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 5  Nationals: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 0  Nationals: 1
ERRORS- L.Matos, M.Anderson, R.Fick
DOUBLES- H.Blanco(10th), R.Zimmerman(25th), R.Fick(3rd)
TRIPLES- L.Matos(1st)
HOME RUNS- S.Marshall(1st), F.Lopez(10th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Pierre-2(42nd), F.Lopez-3(38th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- N.Perez, P.Nevin, A.Kearns, M.Anderson
WALKS- J.Jones, J.Mabry, A.Soriano, F.Lopez, R.Zimmerman, B.Schneider, D.Ward-2
HIT BY PITCH- A.Ramirez
STRIKE OUTS- A.Ramirez, J.Jones, P.Nevin-2, H.Blanco, R.Novoa, R.Zimmerman-2,
             A.Kearns, L.Matos, L.Hernandez
GIDP- R.Cedeno
PASSED BALLS- R.Fick
WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Ronny Cedeno robbed Robert Fick of a base hit.
          Bot 9th: Jacque Jones robbed Austin Kearns of an extra base hit.
 
In an great finish the Washington Nationals won in dramatic fashion over the
Chicago (NL) Cubs by a score of 7 to 6 at RFK STADIUM.
 
Washington came up with the deciding runs in the bottom of the 9th inning with
2 runs utilizing 2 base hits.  Daryle Ward led off and started the attack as
he drew a walk.  Alfonso Soriano stepped up next and he laced a base-hit.
Felipe Lopez then delivered a single resulting in a run.  Lopez then stole
second base.  Ryan Zimmerman struck out, unable to help the rally.  Brian
Schneider did his part to keep things going and was walked intentionally to
load the bases.  Austin Kearns came next and he hit a deep fly making
Washington victorious to the delight of the the home town crowd.  A wild
affair, this game saw the lead change 5 times.  
 
Jon Rauch(2-1) was the winner allowing no runs in 1/3 of an inning. Ryan
Dempster(2-6) was hit with the loss in relief.  Frank Robinson was in great
spirits in his post-game interview.  Yet, when asked about his feelings after
the thrilling comeback victory, he volunteered, 'I'll tell you this much - I
know how my counterpart, Dusty Baker, feels right now - and it's not very
good.  It's terrible when you come up on the short end of one of these!'








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